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It was a sold-out show for opening night of the Floyd Theatre Guild’s production of Jungle Book, a classic story with a positive message of standing strong together.

Adapted by Vera Morris from Rudyard Kipling’s stories, the story of a boy raised by wolves came to life on the June Bug stage with drama, memorable song and dance performances, and a bit of monkey frivolity.

The twenty-three young actors, directed by Emily Gruver, played their characters with personality, sass and star quality. The audience responded in a roar of applause when the man-eating tiger Shere Khan, played by Lenora Williams, made a dramatic entrance to the Rocky theme song, Eye of the Tiger.

All the best parts came together – costumes, sets and performances– for a successful production, done with humor and some modernized twists.

Along with Shere Khan, the wolf pack and the coconut throwing monkeys, the cast of characters includes a kindly bear (Ella Berzins), an opportunist jackal side-kick (Rose Sarver-Wolf), a fun-loving Monkey King (Alena Bond), a slithering python (Sarah Hall), a dignified panther (Lily Byler) a perky mongoose

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From the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia I write to synthesize what I'm learning at the time, whether it be poetry, a political commentary, or a letter to my family in Hull, Massachusetts, where I'm originally from. Whenever I don't know exactly what it is I'm doing and it borders on wasting my time, I call it research. 'Dear Abby, How can I get rid of freckles?' was my first published piece at the age of 11.